Karl Rove helped the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association raise more than $50,000 for the organization’s Political Action Committee (PAC) during the Thursday general session.

In addition to several great packages already on the auction list, Rove donated a vacation at his personal Florida panhandle property – which ultimately sold for almost $10,000.

During his address just prior to the auction, the former White House advisor mentioned the importance of the political action committee for a policy organization like NCBA that is working daily for the interests of cattle producers in the nation’s capitol. “You want to have a role, you want to have a voice, you want to have an influence in making our country what you want it to be,” Rove said. “The first thing you ought to do is you ought to write a check to the PAC.”

Thanks to Karl’s generous contribution and NCBA Communications Director Mike Deering’s enthusiastic auctioneering, the PAC has a few more dollars for lobbying efforts on behalf of the cattle industry in Washington. If you want to help, contributions to the PAC can now be made on-line.

Watch Mike the auctioneer at work here: